The Sanyo M1 - due by December - is the successor to the "legendary" Sanyo 9000. The most obvious change is the sleek new design, Stereo Speakers, and external "Scroll Wheel". Under the hood, we have an extremely generous 1GB of internal memory (the most of any phone currently available in the U.S.), QVGA display, Power Vision (EVDO), Bluetooth, 2-Megapixel Camera, ReadyLink, and support for downloadable "Themes". This could have been the perfect phone, but once again, Sprint/Sanyo skimped on one vital feature - a mini/microSD slot.
While it is true that the M1 has a Gig of memory built in, mini/microSD cards are capaple of holding up to 2GB's. Worse still, every time you want to add files to the phone, you have to have the phone with you, and use a proprietary USB cable.
Ultimately, the M1 will be a great phone, but the lack of an SD card slot stops it from reaching perfection.
The Vision:M is superior to the iPod in almost every way, and at only $283 it's one of the best values you'll find for a DAP!